Florida · Private foundation
Ruesterholz Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $64k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $619k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Ruesterholz Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $64k | 90% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $53k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $34k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $51k | 44% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $75k | 80% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $4k | 86% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $71k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $56k | 75% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology | $310,220 | 7 | 0% |
| Saint Ann School Foundation Inc | $35,841 | 5 | 1% |
| Inner City Scholarship Fund Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Naples Children Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Navy Seal Foundation Inc | $13,102 | 2 | 0% |
| Naples Community Hospital Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Doe Fund Inc | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Jean Baptiste Parochial High School | $4,722 | 2 | n/a |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology | $310,220 | 7 | 0% |
| Saint Ann School Foundation Inc | $35,841 | 5 | 1% |
| Inner City Scholarship Fund Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Naples Children Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Navy Seal Foundation Inc | $13,102 | 2 | 0% |
| Naples Community Hospital Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Doe Fund Inc | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Jean Baptiste Parochial High School | $4,722 | 2 | n/a |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tabor Academy | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity of Collier County Inc | $1,250 | 2 | 0% |
| The Kamen Brain Tumor Foundation | $1,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Pathways Early Education Center of Immokalee Inc | $1,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Operation Healing Forces Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Pingry Corporation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Matthews House Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $280 | 1 | 0% |
| Warriors Homes of Collier Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Wounded Veterans Relief Fund Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Sjogren's Foundation Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| American Museum of Natural History | $179 | 1 | 0% |
| National Kidney Foundation Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($40k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ruesterholz Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Collier Community Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Ruesterholz Family Foundation
- How much does Ruesterholz Family Foundation give?
- Ruesterholz Family Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $64,115 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Ruesterholz Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (81%), Philanthropy (9%), Arts & Culture (5%).
- Who are Ruesterholz Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology ($310k), Saint Ann School Foundation Inc ($36k), Inner City Scholarship Fund Inc ($25k).
- Does Ruesterholz Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ruesterholz Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ruesterholz Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ayco Charitable Foundation, Collier Community Foundation Inc, Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund.
- Where is Ruesterholz Family Foundation based?
- Ruesterholz Family Foundation is based in FL.
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